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Abstract In the standard fuzzy arithmetic, the vagueness 1. convexity and closedness: for each a 2
0; 1, the a-cut
a
of fuzzy quantities always increases. G. J. Klir [2, 3] sug- A fx 2 R : A
x ag is a closed interval,
gests an alternative ± the constrained fuzzy arithmetic ± 2. boundedness: the support of A, Supp A fx 2 R : A
x
which reduces this effect. On the other hand, it signi®- > 0g, is bounded,
cantly increases the complexity of computations in com- 3. normality: the core, 1 A fx 2 R : A
x 1g, is non-
parison to the classical calculus of fuzzy quantities. So far, empty.
little attention was paid to the problems of implementation
If, moreover, the core of A is a singleton, we call A a
of the constrained fuzzy arithmetic, especially to its
fuzzy number. As a consequence of this de®nition, for
computational ef®ciency. We point out the related prob-
each fuzzy interval A there are numbers a; b; c; d 2 R,
lems and outline the ways of their solution. We suggest to
a b c d, such that
decompose the whole expression, classify all its subex-
pressions with respect to their individual computational
a; d fx 2 R : A
x > 0g a; d ;
complexity and precompute the corresponding subresults
fx 2 R : A
x 1g b; c ;
according to this classi®cation.
A is nondecreasing on a; b ;
Keywords Fuzzy number, Fuzzy interval, Fuzzy arithmetic A is nonincreasing on c; d :